Sony disables 3rd party devices with latest firmware

[SamuelRSmith]

slowmo said:

Rafux said:

Don't listen to the fear mongers people.

I just use my USB to transfer a movie (Police Story 3) and some music to my PS3 and it worked like usual, I have the latest firmware.

I can also still use my Genius usb controller which is actually for PC but can work in my PS3 too.

Are you prepared to personally pay for people to buy new HDD's or memory sticks disabled by this update, if not then how about you get off your soap box?

This is an important thread for people to get the information and decide for themselves if they should update or not, it's not fear mongering.

Even if the update did disable support for external HDDs/memory sticks, Sony has no means of physically disabling an external device, short of flashing the BIOS of the device, or sending a power surge... basically, risky, and, most importantly, illegal (or at least, I'm 90% sure it is).

But, of course, that isn't the case, anyway - I think it's pretty clear from the contents of the thread that the update is used to block unlicensed controllers and peripherals, only - still a dick move, as it only really serves the interest of Sony and large third-party hardware manufacturers, but nothing alike blocking "75 %" of all USB devices.